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E. A. WHITE SI Z ING APPARATUS Elf/led Nov. 1Q, v1925 4 Sheets-sheet l4 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. Y 25, 19.28.

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EDWARD A. WHITE, 0F LEW'STON, IDAHO.

SIZING AIPPARATUS.

Application 'filed November 1U, 1926. Serial No. 147,505.

dimensions that they are classed as spherical fruit. Such fruit as lemons and some kinds of prunes and plums havean axial dimension in such excessof their diameters l,that they are classed as elongated fruit.

N ow itis a primary object/of this invention to accurately size the spherical and elongated classes of fruit in such a manner that various sizes of the saine may he segregated. i

. l't is a feature of this invention to provide means for positively si/.ingi fruit in single and separated entities thereof irrespective of their size, weight or shape.

.lt a. further feature to size fruit of various grades in auch a manner that the di tlerent sizes of one grade will he deposited at predetermined points` of deposition for such grade, and that all the sizes of other `grades will he deposited at predetermined points of ileposit-ion .for such `grades, all the fruit of the different grades heini;- seirrcgated when leavin the machine.

It is a further feature of my invention to provide individual sizing devices for each fruit entity handled, and, :in the case of spherical fruit, 'it is a feature to provide the sizing devices with a plurality of sizing memhers arranged in such a. novel manner as always to occupy a parallelogram relation irrespective of the operative relation of the rela tively inovahle sections of which the sizing); devices are composed. Thus, irrespective of the position of a fruit entity in such device,

such entity will not he sizingly discharged therefrom until the device reaches that exact :point where such sized fruit should he di. charged.

It is a provide delivery means for advancing' the fruit toward,thesizing' machine, and it a special feature to provide a transfer' device for individuallytransferring; fruit entities from said delivery means to the individual sizing); devices in timed synchronism with the the fruit hy said delivery means ivhile said ltransfer device `1s functioning so that said further feature of my invention to `the drawin gs.-

device will perform a controlling function in addition to a transferring; function.

ln dealin with elongated fruit, it is a fea ture of my invention Vto deliver such fruitwith the longitudinal axis thereof coincident with the path of travel of such fruit not only as such fruit approaches the sizing machine, hut in the transfer to said machine, and also in its location in the sizing1 devices thereof. y My invention has many other objects and features `which will loe more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and which will he more particularly pointed out in and hy the appended claims.

ln the drawings:

Fia'. l, is a plan view of the preferred form of my improved sizing'. machine.

Fig. 2, is a plan view with the delivery conveyor means omitted.

Fi 3, is a view in side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. l, with parts in section.

Fig. et. is an enlarged sectional view, partly in elevation, taken on line le of Fig. l. i

Fig. 5,` is a sectional view. partly in elevation, talzen on line Zim-5 of Fig. 9., and show ing the sizing device closed. y

Fig'. G, is a similar view taken on line 6--6 of Figi'. 2, and showing` the sizing' device opened to release its fruit contents. l

Fig. '7, is a sectional view ou line 7--7 of Fi 2, showing;l one delivery means. y

Fie. 8, is a sectional view on line 8 8 of Figi. 9, is a` sectional view on line 9-9 of Fir. 2. v

Fia'. l0, is a view looking; from the right of Fig. 9.

Fig. ll, is a plan view of one ofthe sizing devices showing the saine in a closed position. y 12, is a similar View showing; the sai-ne opened. i

Fig. 13, is a vertical sectional view thereof.

Fig. let, is a plan view of a modified form of my invention which is shown equipped for sizing' elongated fruit.

Figi'. l5, is a view in side elevation thereof.

Fig. 16, is a sectional view on line 1(3-16 of Fig. lll. i

Lilie characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the different figures of i will first describe the preferred form shown in Figs. l to l2. and reference will have shown outwardly disposed sorter belt conveyors 1 and 2 onto which the apples are disposed prior to berne; sorted, the belts l and 2, advancnig the apples or whftever inuit is i being graded, to the right oft Fig. 1i lt will Y ol course be understood that these-conveyors Yhave side walls 3, el and 5 and G, respectively,

conveyors 1 vand 2, and grade' the iruit by manually picking' up fruit entities ot dit'- -erent grades and depositing them on interi mediately disposed grader belts which l will nentdescribe.` l y 1 l el have shown grader belts 9, 10, 11 and 12, one for each grade ot' fruit. Beltl), is trained over roller 1B `and exten-ds between walls G and 1li, asuitable Abottoni wall being indicated atl. IBelt 10,x runs on a ybottom wall 16, between sidewalls lll and l? and over a rollfer 18; Belt 11, runs on a bottoni wall 19, between sidewalls 17 and 2O and is trained over a'roller 21. Belt 12, runs on vbottom wall 22, between side walls 20 and Ll, and trai-ned over a roller'23. Final delivery ot' 'l'ruit from Vbelt 12, to thesizing machine, is made by a detour b'clt 24, travelling onV a bottom 2,`and between walls 26 and 27. l Une bight el 'said belt is trained over a. roller '.28 and the other kend over a roller 29. Asa means of driving belt 24from belt 12, l have shown a bevel gear 30 on roller 23, which meshes with a similar beveled-gear 31, on roller 29, to drive belt 24, in the direction of the arrow. lt may be stated, at this point, that while l Ihave shown t-he grader belts all coming from one end of the installation', which is the usual arrangement, still, this is not essential, as it the conditions ol installation are more favorable, certain of the belts may approach troni fthe end opposite to the end shown.

AIt may also be informative to state that l will describe a' sizing machine arranged and designed to Vsegregate each, ot the grades of Vlr-uit onthe liourbelts shown, into three sizes,

although it willV be understood thatl l have merely shown provision for four ,grades to illustrate the flexibility oi? the machine, and eachgrade maybe' sized into as many sizes as may be desired. l Y Reference will'neXtbe made to the sizing machine and its specilie4 construction. r

As illustrated, the sizing machine includes Q Va,carrierwhich is shown to be ot the endless type that may advantageously take the torni of ,a chain ylhe arrangement 'illustrated sho-ws the chain 32 travelling; in a horizontal lplane about`v :tra-'ined abolita'[driving sprocket 133 and an i idle spro'clret342Y Between wheels 33 `and 3ft, i r Vl"haveshown the laps ot therchain 32 suptical axes, the chain being` tica Lesage? portedby guides land 3G, which .may be suit-ably n'iountcd on uprights Si'. ils the Lguides are both alike in torni and lunction, onlyone need, bedescribed in detail. Each guide, as more clearly shown in llig. has a bottoni guiding wall 3S, an outer and rclutively short wall 39 and an inner und relatively high wall lllwhereby the chain lap is held in the vertical posture shown in said figure, at poi-nts between wheels 2323 and ill. ll will be understood that the bidht portions traversing,r the wheels will be held thereby, as illustrated in Fie". d l have shown wheel 323, mounted on shaft l-l, which is journalled in bearings Ll2 and 43 and which may be driven by a chainell, trained about wheel fl-5, on said shalt, with the shaft lll, tui-nine' in a contrac-locltwise direction, viewing Fig. 2. lllhcel 3l, is shown mounted on shaft (5, which is shown journalled in a. bearingI structure l?.

Reference will next be made to my iinproved Sizing devices with which the carrier 32 is equipped, and I will relier more particularly to Figs. l to 6 and 'l1 and ln this preferred torni ot the invention, l hare shown said devices in the torn] ol an inverted 'trustuni oli a cone., the larger intake or receiving' end being` generally iinlicatcd at 4&3 and the lower discharge end al, lil, and l will `generally indica-te said devices by the numeral 5l), to facilitate designation of the saine in 1, 2 and 3, where they appear in small size. l have shown the devices vcrl`y divided into sections 5l and 52, said mruns being hingjcdly conneclc-id at 5?, near 'their upper ends, whereby the lower ends may be actuated 'lor the purpose of relative opening' movement as will presently appear. Said sizing devices are mounted on the carrier chain-32, and in practice, .l secure sections -il thereto, as by means oit' brackets 54, suitably'secured to chain 32 and to said :jeclious. ils will be seen troni Fig. il., 'the sizing; devices are equi-dislantly sprced ilicriplwrally about chain so that as the chain is advanced, thesizing;` devices will be advanced in one 4direction about and with one hip ot said chain, and in another direction about and with the other lap ot the chain. lilith section 51, rigidly attached to chain 232. scction 52 will be srugportcd in a closed position, as shown in a, partly by the hinged connection and partly by sizingmembers which l will presently describe. Al' any rale, the movable section o2, is intended -to close by "ty. The larger upper end olV the cups or sting devicesl iid. are proporl ioncd so as to present an opening; larger than the lari- 5rcst size truit to be sized "i tnat'in any event, the fruit entity that is delivered, will dee scend into said cup 5() and be held and .-:upported therein until released therefrom. Further. by reason et the convergence of the inwardly inclined walls of the ,cup 60, the

langer of injury `to 'the tru-it entering t-he iii) saine Will be to all purposes minimized to a nugatory extent. The loiver end of the cup 50 has an opening smaller than the smallest size ii'ruit to be sized, thereby insuring temporary retention of the fruit therein after 'the entity hasonce entered the saine.

I will next describe in detail the means with which .said sections are provided to accurately size the fruit.

This t 'ure is embodied in the :toi-1n ot linear si; t rods, section 5l lacing; provided` with a pair indicated at 54;, and section 52 beiner provided with a pair indicated at 55. It Willibe noted from Fig. Il, that when the cup sections 5l and 52 are closed, the lower openn ,ing formed in each section, and indicated at 56 and 57, are coinointly square and that this lower opening is formed Wholly by the Walls .of the cup sections. Preferably at the lower margins of said Walls, I may continue these rods 54- and 55, as shown in Fig", .3, so that `these rods themselves, may lforin the loiver marginal edges of the Walls of the cup.

shown, the rods 5d are sutliciently loiver than the rods 55, that the latter can slidably engage the former either in the closed or open position et the cup. It will therefore be seen, that throughout the length of these sizing,` rods, there Will be `presented to the fruit entity a parallelogram A, B, C and D, irrespective olf4 the extent of opening movement oi said sections 5l and 52, as will. be clearly seen by reference to Figs. ll land l2. `It will thus be seen, that irrespective of the position into which a spherical fruit entity enters the sizing;` `cup 50, it will be accurately calipered by these four straight sizing edges so that correspondingto the extent of opening; 1novement oi' the cup sections, only a correspondingly sized fruit entity will be released. As the sections open, the discharge opening will increase in size but the rods Willalivays `torni a square opening; through which the fruit must descend. p

In the present construction, I have devised a novel means for operating the sizing;` de- .vices which I will next describe in detail.

Owing tothe -laet Vthat one section off each sizing* cup is rigidly mounted to the carrier chain, opening movement of' the cup is conlined to the iin-mounted or outer sections 52,

as indicated in Figi. 6. I-Iouf'ever, this par-` tcular arrangement does not in any manner alter or modify the ealipering ot the fruit to be sir/.in as hereinbetore described, as the releasing opening still in the 'torni ot a parallelolrani even though opening' movement is contined te one section.` From this peint on, it may be convenient to relier to the section 5l as the fixed or carryingl ction and to the section 52 as the movable or opening?,` section. Ylprovi de each openingY section 52, with a cam eiieagringi rod 58 which :projects outwardly 'troni a lineiintersectingf `the hinged anis et the two sections 5l and 52. rIhis rod 58 preferably is slightly declined from the horizontal, as clearly indicatedat 59, in Fig. 5.

I provide an operatingineans for opening said sizinlecups at predetermined points, which I Will next describe in detail. VA cani rail 60 is disposed on the near side et the machine as shown in Fig. l. and a like rail 61, is disposed on the i'ar side, as shown :in Fig. 2. As both' rails are alike in function an d torni, the only distinction being that they are reversed in position, only one need be described in detail. It may be stated that these rails may be supported upon the standards 37, or in any other convenient n'ianner. Referring' to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the rail 60 has a starting` or neutral section 62, onto which the rods 59 ride freely Without tilting the sections 52 at all. Thus, the first cup 50, that has rounded the` left hand bight of the carrier, will have its rod 59, in an overhanging position to the cani rail and Will be ready tor actuation thereby when a suiiieiently advanced position has been reached. At 68, I have shown a rise in the cani 60 which forms the begiifinin?,l of the first actuatingI section (il, of cani GO. rlhis section 6ft is oli suflicient height` to open the einer cups 50 to a minimum extent tor the smallest size apple tobe released. An eminence 65, fori'ns the beginning; oit the nent section G6., which li'lfts the rods 59 ii-'uliicieutly to open the sizing?,` cups Yfor release oit apples oi an intermediate size. An eini nence G7, forms the start of the next section 68, ot cani G0, which lifts the rods 59 sutliciently to open the sizing cups to the niaximuni for release oil: the largest size apple.

Thus far described, the` cani rail (i0, functions ifor sizing operation ot the sizing cups lor all sizes oit what I Will arbitrarily terni grade X apples, which are ted by belt l0.

I Will next describe that portion oi" cani rail GO, which functions ttor sizing operation-ol all apples of grade WV, which are delivered by belt 9. Thus, iii-ein section 68, the rail de clines at (39, to a neutral or nonsoperatingl section T0 at `which point the cup or cups will be closed and ready to receive the fruit. A litt 7l, is the beginning; ot the first section 72, like section Gli, and a lift 73, starts a section 7d, like section 66, While a lift 75, starts section 75, like .section Gti. A. decline i?, leads to a neutral section 7S oli' which the rods ret "act j ust prior to rounding the right hand bight olf the carrier, viewing lli 3. `The rail (il, will function in the saine inanner, and terthe saine group oi cups that may he abreast `oit said rail, .in the way just describtnl, except that a'lter the cups have n ,ched the other side of the machine, 'they loe going in dii'ierent direction and the sect-airis will be altered or reversed ac- `cordingly with no actual ditlerence in oplli() l not: he relea oyer or on belts l2 and 9A. The last six cups lWill handle'apples ""liicli I Will call' gradeHY, and vyliich are ler d belt-lll." Thus it livlill he'*seenthetthesizing; fncticn is being performed' ialltlie cups onhtli sides at allV times and that"the'ff'inly'l ips are idle, as rc'gardsfiictwal sizinigpr l tti'ngi intoa posi- 4 f'onjto size, `are those cups ywhich vare round thejbiights ofthe"carrier. l0 ""NoWfreteri-ingto tliefiirst sii: cups oi' 3, to 'flic leftY th 'er-eeft, that have `fully rounded tlieleft hunnd high't, "lassuining that the vfirst" ciipfaeta l` ection'lehcontains an apple 'of theziarge I t l ze,` ivell,` such apple will l n l `ed hy" ui opening moyfelnent A or sec-tion 64. "The appleliv'ill stillrernain in theel cup until Ythel `r"cupfhas fheen actuated Aby ,sfe'ietion GlBV It the* cup ihas the smallest wifea it will he relased justasV soon'as fico litsl rod:'519'rides'iiplif' l'"Iliusfthe'pints of aetualrelefase, villhefii astheijo'ds have ascended the p iticiilarr littorrise ofthe cani. ',Itiniill'fthtixs he se'enntliatthe'smallest sizefapples lWill be 'all dropped atl "iiit'I,'theiinter- 'i-' mediateatfpointJ'aiid they l" rge'st atp'oint'l. Thusirrespeetiye o ll efindiscriininate order in'iihi'ch a yadeif apples is delivered, and 'thewdelive'ry' iivill' always be indiscriminate iinlessniere accident operates to tlie'contra'ry,

:m the"bhiheWllalways cl`elive`1"'o1ie size of Q11@ grid@ :et Oil? Pifecletimli 159m@ an* thersfize ofthe samegrade at another liXed poA t, and-soon,leeping'all the 'apples ot the `rde, though'of'{dil'erentsizes segret, tedftroinap'lesof another grade. Ihave not shownfan eans or' manner "of receivin` the from thepo inte ofd'elivermhy' the en s, asY such reeeiyingnieans'rtoins no part ov the'pre ent n'iventilonf' However, the inaloe operated "in 'connection with a Y r-agappaiaius. 'ramene may be operated `'ivitli "y adva'ntage in 'connection with` system-"Where predetermineddeposition' of "farious sizes of a single Xrade of .Y l"I will"neit'describe the novel means Whereiiit entities'aretransferred from the delii 'r' belts `to the sizing cups in timed rela' tior'iivitlitlienovcment ofthe latter. Y' n Si be madero rig. 4i,

vshin ng l; the ni'eanfs'; for transferring fruit nn heltlO, tothe sizing cups. kIt may be stated I have shown ourol thesetransier detiees, onelor each of the four "delivery f and that all of these devices are' subi tlie sanie in 'form and function and Vdescription necessary of the remainthiee,"\yill relate to the mountingv and il ,ving of the saine.V l'Ience, to facilitate lV theirlocat-ion, I Will generally Vdesignate all the-:tiiiiing transfer devices as follows; P, Ramis. y' Y regards device I. Vshown in 4:, the sanie'includes an oscillatory shaft 7 9, Which n.3 may heV j ournalled in hanger bearings 80, one ,being shown depending from wall 17.

tri'fnsfer'fiiruit'receiver 8l, is' rigidly mounted on shaft 79 and 'is of capaeity'large enough 'to receive thelargest size fruit, and of'course'will receive the smallest and intermediate sizes. *The upper edge 82, of the back wallSB, may Vhe straight i'vhile the lower wall ,Se may be transversely arched to more 'eiiieienily'guide the Acontents onto a sizing` cup. I have shown the'receiver in a, position Which it livoulcl occupy when in the act olE discll wing'an apple yinto one ofthe sizing cups. It will he' seen that the extent of drop of the apple troni the 'receiver into the sizing cup isVerySIi'ght, hence no injury'could result. i

'I'pvxrovidethe receiver with ineens which I will nextwdelscrihed 'in detail. The said means 4is in the form of air'abutment and I have shown an arcuateabutment 85, which maybe striplo'l metal lient oii` a radius of which the .V

axis et it T9 is the center. Thus, the abutinentuis" eoncentrica-lly disposed about 79'.' The endsSG and 87 of the abutment strip 825, may he :secured to the t 1ansifer rcoeiver lin the mannery shown. This abutment. 85';duringl oscillation ef the transfer devices, doesnot pushhackthe "fruit, which of course ivonldhe ectionahlc', but it merely presents, to'all intents andypnrposes, ar fixed abutment which is'alivayselose tothe end of the belt in any position 'the receiver may occupy other than a' receiving" position'. `In` actual praeoscillation of the transte'i'device will so rapid, in order toldeliver to the successive sizingcups as `fast as they come 1into registry with said reeeive'rthat the latter ivill be practically in constant motion except. for the ,veryslight'periods attendant the reversal of vmotiontroni Oneklirection to the other. Further, the speed of the helt 10 Will loe c o-ordinated iviththe speed of the sizing ycups and the rate of oscillation of the receiver so that no'great excessof fruit can accumu late on tliehelt 10. It grade X should run short, as many times a grade does, the trans fer' deyice Iwould oscillateV empty and likeyiise the sizing cups fed by sai d device would he empty. Further, 'it often happens that while a grade does not actuallyrnn short, it doesrun slack, and thenV alternate or perhaps more sizing cups would not he charged` but that does not alect the operation.

As a means of operating the transfer device, I have shown a gear 88,011 slia'ft41..wl1ich meshes with. a smaller gear 89, mounted on shaft 90, journalled in hearing 91. Which latter is securedto hearing- 42 by bracket 92. An arm 93, fixed on shaft 79, is connected by a link 94A. with a stud 95, on `rear 89. and the connections are such as to afford sullicicnt `relation to the carrier.

The transfer devices and R, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, are in all respects the same as device l), just described, the saine having receivers 96 and 97', and abutments 98 and 99, respectively. The device Q, is at the delivery end of belt 9, and delivers to cups 50, When the latter reach section 70, 0f cam rail 60, which is a neutral or charging section of said rail. Thus, the last six cups 50, on the right hand side of the sizing machine, and Which are operated by sections T0 to 78, take care of sizing grade W, and deposit fruit in cups 50 which are travelling to the right of Figs. 1 and 3. The device R, which is at the end of belt 11, delivers to cups 50 travelling to the left ofliigs. 1 and `3. This device R, as Well as device Q, are mounted on a common rock `or oscillating shaft 102 which may be journalled in bearings 103 and 104, mounted on guides 35 and 3,6, respectively. An operating arm 105, mounted on shaft 102, is connected by a linlr106, With a stud 107- (see Fig. 9) mounted on a gear Wheel 108. This Wheel 108 issuitablyjournalled at 109 and meshes with a gear 110, mounted on shaft 46. Thus, both the devices Q, and R, are driven from shaft 16, Which arrangement, as before stated, insures synchronic action of the devices and the cups 50. p

l will next describe device S, and will refer to Figs. 9 and 10.

The device S, includes a receiver 111 mounted on roch shaft 112 which is journalled in suitable bearings on walls 2G and 27. This device has-the same kindof abutment 113 which operates abreast of the end of belt 2d, ashave the other devices. An operating arm 11a, is mounted on roclr shaft`112 and is connected by a link 115, with the strap 110, of an eccentric `117, which is mounted on a shaft Said shaft 118 is journalled in bearings 119 and 120 and carries a bevel gear 121 which meshes with a like gea-r 122, formed on Wheel 110. 1t Will now be clear that all of the transferring devices are driven in constant speed relation to the carrier chain 32 It vvill now be clear thateach grade of fruit is delivered, one by one, as regards the fruit entities, to an independent or individual group of sizingcups 50, and that each grade segregated into three sizes, and that the entities of the sized grades are delivered by the cups 50in predetermined order at predetermined fixed points. lt will also be seen that by varying the `cam formation of the earn rails, a different hind of sizing, and a different kind of delivery may readily be effected. Instead of sizing to three sizes, a lesser number may be employed, or even a greater num ber of sizes, Without otherwise varying the machine, the latter may be materially altered in the performance of its functions.`

l Will nent refer to the modified form shown in Figs. 111 and 15 which is especially designed for sizing fruit of elongated form such as lemons and like shaped fruit.

In this form of the invention, I employ companion carriers preferably in the form of chains 123 which are trained about sprocket Wheels 124 and 125, there being tivo of such Wheels at each bight of the chains. lWheels 125 are mounted on shaft 126, which is suitablyrjournalled in bearings 127, mounted on the frame ofthe machine, which I will gener@ ally designate at 128. VVheels-124l are mounted on shaft 129, journalled in bearings 130, which are mounted on the frame 128. Shaft 129 is Vthe drive shaft and power may be applied to drive the same by means of a chain 131, trained over a sprocket Wheel 132, on said shaft. 1t Will be seen that the Wheels 1211 and 125 rotate about horizontal axes and hence the two laps ofthe chains are in superposed relation, instead of in horizontal relation, asin the preferred form. Further, those sizing devices, to be presently described, and which are on the lower lap of the chains, are inactive, and only those on the upper laps are active. y

I will nent describe the improved sizing devices that 1 employ on this type ofthe inven` tion.

As all are alike in structure and function, only one sizing device need be described in detail. Each sizing device comprises a base plate 133 having guiding side members 1341` and anchorage to the chains Will be at points centrally of the length of said devices, as indicated at- 134 and 135, to facilitate negotiation of said devices around the Wheels 12d and 125. The base 133 is provided with an elongated and suitably inclined fruit holding member 136, which is lined thereto. A companion and movable fruit holding member is designated at 137 mounted on a slide 138 which is movable in said guides 13d, toward and away from member 13G. Between 'said members, the base 4133 is open, for passage therethrough of the fruit entities When the latter are released by said members 136 and 137. Each slide 138, is provided With a. cam operated rod 139, having a bent end 140.

I Will next describe one manner and means for operating said devices. Y

An operating cam rail 14:1, is suitably secured to the frame platform 1&2 and has a starting or neutral section113, which is so disposed that when a sizing device rounds Wheels 12d the bent end 140, will take the position shown in Fig. 14, adjacent section 14:3. ln this position, the members 136 and 137 are close enough toward each other to hold the smallest size fruit entity. As the sizing de-` 1433i; with@ apexfiisgoffwheh niemeinbfefie Wi'lyllb'e lnoved afsnhlcieiitlyftirthe extent release v:im inici-intente sie@ entity'. This' is iimbegmning of its tea-vel; the' ien-5 hama i sliepedl and prepo'rticned'with view @tirer tityfiiitotliedviei is the nie'inbeii's 136'" and j 137,101" sind de'vioesltoirn elongzited receivers for thfilnifientities, it' will' be geen niet the sible unies shell` inezlslu'ement wzxs laken tinnsv'ei y ofthe longitndilzil exis of Snell fiiiit. in the @use ol' fruit which is substantially sph'eii'ciilf, which thev piefei'ied 'foiin was designed to deal with, the fruit, entities can enter the sizing devices in any position', and cciut'c sizingeain be obtziined, but it Will rimifbel clear that it. is otliei'wise', with elugifted iii-nit.

tliefoin of tlieinveiition shown in Figs. 14j and '15, Wlnitevei"ineens was designed to i'eieivetli'e fiiii't :ifteitlie letter had been rei leased ei'id di'opped loni the Sii/jing devices, would be xlisposeilfbetween' the upllc'i" und love lupsolf the chains 123'. i

lrtlivillblseeh" thiitin' each2 i'oii'n of the invention', I feed zlfiidI sine the` 'fi'it entities' inr dividiiflly, always Keeping tl'iin sepziizited th'ioiiglibut'theopei'ationy 1t Willfiioiv he claithuj in each ttoini of the invention" 'the `filit entities afi-e positively' Inziiiipilleted, ziemlich' so a's'i they iveleco` acting elements of the 'ihael1ine`, ehdlthiposi# t is no'iv believedy that the device` of my invention" ivill be fiiily" understood es" ite,-

eiceptitisch" limit'zitioiisns" the elzimsl muy importi Y I, claim:

1. Iii fiiib sizing lnzichilhe, a" ti'velling carrier having :i sei-ies of fiiuit' siy'in'gi clips" ,said en i'i'efi and a' companion ,section liiiigled; to' :sind iix'ed'section'zind clbsable 'tlieneaigzriiist' by'ginvitfWzind dem ineansf'oi opening Seidl ing positini, find 'snitliiidvnble scetionhztvn 1"c'zi`1n rod, and :L ca'ln toi" lifting (Jonction ielil'tion' irrespective ofthe extentof open' oi" olosedpositions' ofy said seotioiis.

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posed of pivotally united sections relatively openable, and :said sect-ions having mutually ooaeting linear sizing members disposed in paialleloggi'am relation irrespective of the ezitent of opening o1l closing movement of said Sections.

5. ln a fruit maelline of the Class de scribed, e carrier having a sei-ies of fruit sizing devices each Comprising a receiver oomposed of pivotally united sections relatively openable, and sai-d Sections having sizing rods in overhanging ooaeting relation and disposed in parallelogram relation iiiespeotive of the extent of opening oi' closing movement of said sections.

In testimony that I Claim the foregoing as my own, I hereby alix my signature.

EDVARD A. W'HITE. 

